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What if you never knew your parents?
What if population control was the only way a society could survive?
What if it was all a lie...?
Justin Cawthorne
Justin Cawthorne is an author of tales that explore new ways to draw terror from both the known and unknown. In partnership with the "Tales To Terrify" podcast, Justin Cawthorne was a recipient of the 2016 Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form), awarded for the adaptation of his short story "Graves". He has a short story, "Colder Still" appearing in the anthology Shadows & Teeth Volume 2, published by Darkwater Syndicate.
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by Justin Cawthorne
Like almost everyone else in this shitty place I never knew my parents.
I grew up alone, with my Friends and Carers, learning to be the Best Member of Society that I could be. It wasn’t the worst life that anyone ever had, but I know it wasn’t the best. I was never hungry, never cold, no one hit me - not after I started hitting back, anyway - and I had what passes for freedom.
But I was always alone.
It was a long time before I understood the emptiness. Every day of my life I had people with me: when I slept I was surrounded by all my Friends; when I was awake I